Second of game breaks a tie with 3:31 remaining; Jack Eichel nets 4 points for Buffalo.
By Matt Kalman / NHL.com Correspondent
BOSTON, MA. — Jeff Skinner scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, for the Buffalo Sabres in a 4-2 win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Sunday.
Skinner gave the Sabres a 3-2 lead at 16:29 off a backhand pass from Jack Eichel, who scored an empty-net goal at 19:35 to make it 4-2.
Eichel had two goals and two assists, Linus Ullmark made 35 saves, and Sam Reinhart had three assists for Buffalo (20-9-5), which has a point in four straight games (3-0-1).
Steven Kampfer and Torey Krug scored, and Tuukka Rask made 23 saves for Boston (17-12-4), which has lost two in a row after winning three straight.
Skinner scored at 3:18 of the second period to give the Sabres a 1-0 lead. Eichel skated behind the net and sent a backhand pass to Skinner, who scored into an open net with Rask moving the wrong way.
Kampfer tied it 1-1 at 5:18, scoring short side off a cross-ice pass from Joakim Nordstrom.
Eichel scored on a wrist shot from the left dot on the rush at 5:43 of the third period to make it 2-1.
Krug tied it 2-2 with a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle at 13:21.
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